Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR… Look for five new trivia questions and answers from the “365 Amazing Days of Trivia for 2021” calendar…
This Week’s Questions:
- In visual art, what does the term impasto mean?
- What scientific organization did inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell help found in 1888? (Hint: The organization survives to this day and is now widely known for its magazines and TV programs.)
- What contemporary pop musician has released albums titled Kiss, Emotion, and Dedicated?
- One of actor Bill Murray’s most iconic roles is Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters. However, Murray was not the first choice for the part. What famous actor was originally supposed to play Venkman?
- What is a tigon?
This Week’s Answers:
- Impasto is the Italian word for “mixture,” and refers to a process by which artists create texture in a work of art by applying thick layers of paint.
- The National Geographic Society. Bell served as the organization’s president from 1898 to 1903.
- Carly Rae Jepsen, who broke into the mainstream pop scene with her hit “Call Me Maybe” in 2011.
- John Belushi. Belushi died before the film could be made and the roll fell to Murray.
- The offspring of a male tiger and a female lion. The offspring of a male lion and a female tiger is called a liger.
Source: Workman Publishing / “Page-A-Day”